Variability in target delineation for cavernous sinus meningioma and anaplastic astrocytoma in stereotactic radiosurgery with Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 156, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2303-2313

  Sandström, Helena ^a   Nordström, Håkan ^b   Johansson, Jonas ^b   Kjäll, Per ^b   Jokura, Hidefumi ^c   Toma Dasu, Iuliana ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Elekta AB   (Sweden)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Gamma Knife radiosurgery; Inter observer variability; Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion; Meningioma; Radiosurgery; Target delineation

Indexed keywords

NIMUSTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS MENINGIOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; TARGET DELINEATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVICES; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROCEDURES; RADIOSURGERY;

AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CAVERNOUS SINUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 84922076605     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-014-2235-1     Document Type: Article

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